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800 BCE
Temple was built
The Temple of Artemis was built in present-day Turkey. It was built by Cherisphron and Metagenes. -
560 BCE
Ephesus was conquered
The city of Ephesus was conquered by King Croesus of Lydia. He was very rich and admired architecture and Greek art. -
356 BCE
Temple was destroyed
The Temple of Artemis was destroyed by a man named Herostratus. The only reason that he destroyed the temple was because he saw it as a path to personal fame. -
356 BCE
Alexander was born
The night that Herostratus had burned the temple of Artemis was the night that Alexander the Great was born. He would grow up to try to conquer the world. -
444
People forgot
About 800 years later, people of the town forgot that the temple of Artemis was even built.
